The Care Bears – The Voices behind the Characters

Welcome to my blog on the voices behind these lovable and whimsical characters we call The Care Bears. The Care Bears TV Series ran from 1985 – 1988 here in the United States on ABC TV. The Care Bears are from a magical place faraway up in the clouds called Care-a-Lot, which constitutes a part of the Kingdom of Caring. Their cousins live in the Forest of Feelings. Together they care for the human children on Earth, who they watch through huge telescopes from the sky, and come to help whenever there is need.

The voices behind each character consisted of the following actors/actresses: (I also included other TV series/cartoons they have voiced for as well)…

Maxine Miller (True Heart Bear) She appeared in the first three years of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and on the animated series My Pet Monster.

Pam Hyatt (Noble Heart Horse) She has starred in the English version of InuYasha as Kaede and voices Campe and Atropos in Class of the Titans. She is the mother of Carson T. Foster and Zack Ward.

Billie Mae Richards (Tenderheart Bear *DIC episodes*, Bright Heart Raccoon *Nelvana episodes*) She was best known for voicing the role of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964’s television special (credited as “Billy Richards” to mask the fact that she was a woman). She is mother to signer and songwriter Judi Richards.

Jim Henshaw (Tenderheart Bear *Nelvana episodes*) He was the voice of Zipper Cat in the early version of The Get Along Gang and Daniel Mouse in the animated film The Devil and Daniel Mouse. He also starred in the Star Wars-inspired animated series, Ewoks, as Wicket W. Warrick.

Walker Boone (Bright Heart Raccoon *DiC episodes*) He was the voice of Mario in Captain N & the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Captain N and the New Super Mario World.

Dan Hennessey (Brave Heart Lion, Loyal Heart Dog, Good Luck Bear *DIC episodes*) He had many voice roles to his credit including Chief Quimby and other characters on DiC’s Inspector Gadget, My Pet Monster, both cartoon spin-offs of NBC’s ALF, Babar, Highlander: The Animated Series, Beetlejuice, Hello Kitty and Friends, Popples, The Neverending Story, X-Men, Garbage Pail Kids, the early version of The Get Along Gang, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Rolie Polie Olie, Noddy, The Berenstain Bears, The New Archies, Star Wars: Ewoks, Star Wars: Droids, and many, many more!

Eva Almos (Friend Bear, Swift Heart Rabbit) She had voice roles in ALF Tales, ALF: The Animated Series, What’s New, Scooby-Doo?. She also did Wild Kratts (TV series) where she was Donita Donata.

Louise Vallance (Proud Heart Cat) She had voice roles in ReBoot s Mouse and Rocky, Donkey Kong Country (TV series) as Dixie Kong, Madeline as Genevive and Miss Clavel, Shadow Raiders as Prince Pyros, Gadget Boy as the nemesis Spydra, InuYasha as Natsuko Fuji, Totally Spies as the computer G.L.A.D.I.S.,Growing Up Creepie as Gnat, Dennis the Menace as Alice Mitchell, Dinosaucers as Princess Dei (as well as Teryx, according to Barbara Lynn Redpath), The Popples as Party Popple, and Sonic Underground as the singing voice of Sonia.

Marla Lukofsky (Good Luck Bear *Nelvana episodes*), Playful Heart Monkey) She has done voices in television series such as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Babar, ALF: The Animated Series, ALF Tales, Starcom: The U.S. Space Force, The Magic School Bus, Sylvanian Families, Little Shop, My Pet Monster, The New Archies, Police Academy: The Animated Series, Blazing Dragons, Anatole, Rescue Heroes, Wild C.A.T.s, The Neverending Story, Ned’s Newt, Dinosaucers, Ultraforce, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors and an early episode of The Get Along Gang.

Laurie Waller-Benson (Bedtime Bear) She had voice roles on the TV movie Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name, Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins as Plum Puddin’, Plum Berrykin,Orange Blossom.

Chris Wiggins (No Heart) He was the voice in the TV movies Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise, Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name, Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins as Mr. Sun, Babar as Cornelius, Rupert, The NeverEnding Story as Mr. Correander, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Franklin as Mr. Groundhog.

Well, I hope you liked finding out about these great people who lent their voices to our beloved childhood friends The Care Bears and many other favorites! I really had a lot of fun researching and learning myself, one that stands out for me was Billie Mae Richards (Tenderheart Bear *DIC episodes*, Bright Heart Raccoon *Nelvana episodes*) who was the voice for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964, brings back fond memories for me, as I hope this blog has for all of you! Take care and see you all in a few days!

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